What is Joseph Lucas's specialty?

Joseph Lucas (NPI 1538118500) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Psychiatry in Birmingham, AL.

Where does Joseph Lucas practice?

Joseph Lucas practices in Birmingham, AL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1538118500.

How much does Medicare pay Joseph Lucas?

Joseph Lucas (NPI 1538118500) received approximately $105K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 367 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1538118500

Joseph LucasM.D.

PsychiatryBirmingham, ALI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

598

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,857

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$105K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 213 Psychiatry providers in AL — top quintile (cohort median 233).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

10,215

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$495K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

13.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Clonazepam1,033 claims

Alprazolam912 claims

Quetiapine Fumarate654 claims

Lorazepam493 claims

Trazodone Hcl477 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

23.3

Quality

0.0

Cost

77.7

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-6.20%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$432

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$432

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$432

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Joseph Lucas's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 74 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Armand Schachter Psychiatry · Birmingham, AL	215	1,397
Garry Grayson Psychiatry · Birmingham, AL	170	1,377
BROOKWOOD HEALTH SERVICES, INC.	155	485
Andrea Thomas Psychiatry · Birmingham, AL	154	667
CULLMAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC	104	429
David Harvey Psychiatry · Palm Springs, CA	85	296
LIFESTAR RESPONSE OF ALABAMA, INC.	84	466
Misty Ary Psychiatry · Birmingham, AL	62	423
Vikas Gupta Family Practice · Montgomery, AL	62	218
Thomas Kincer Family Practice · Johnson City, TN	50	127
John Wagner Family Practice · Cullman, AL	50	231
Aftab Khan Psychiatry · Tuscaloosa, AL	47	335

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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